Our family-owned a country property with a log cabin and a nice amount of acreage. Winter has especially fond memories of the family playing in the snow and warm fires inside the 1775 log building home.

The inspiration for this painting has roots with the artist’s children as they learned to snowboard while being pulled behind an ATV. What might winter fun look like if you don’t have an ATV, hills to ski, a snowboard, or even much snow but just an abundance of livestock? Fun, for all and maybe even a cow.

The painting captures the rich history of the Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery in Lititz Pennsylvania. It is the first commercial pretzel bakery in America with the building built-in 1784. The stone house was built from stones dug from the street itself and timber hewn from the surrounding forest.